Doctor not essential to run basic pathology labs: Health Ministry directs implementation
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"For basic composite laboratory, wherever the interpretation of the medical report is required, the same is to be signed by a qualified registered medical practitioner having minimum MBBS degree and the reports which contain only numerical value/result of the test/technical analysis of samples, then signing of the report by MBBS doctors may not be essential."
New Delhi: Doctors would no longer be a necessary component for running a basic pathology laboratory in the country. While a provision for such a policy was recently made in the Minimum Standards for Medical Diagnostic laboratories under the Clinical Establishments Act. 2010, a confirmation to the same comes in the form of a recent letter from the Director NHM, Ministry of Health directing all the states to implement the said provisions.
The letter which was recently written by the Additional Secretary, Ministry of Health And Family Welfare as well as the Mission Director, National Health Mission to the Principal Secretaries, Health in all states and UTs clarifies the stand of the government in the light of implementation of Supreme Court order in the matter of North Gujarat unit of association of self-employed owners (paramedical) of private pathology laboratories of Gujarat versus North Gujarat pathologists association regarding the signing of the Laboratory reports.
New Delhi: Doctors would no longer be a necessary component for running a basic pathology laboratory in the country. While a provision for such a policy was recently made in the Minimum Standards for Medical Diagnostic laboratories under the Clinical Establishments Act. 2010, a confirmation to the same comes in the form of a recent letter from the Director NHM, Ministry of Health directing all the states to implement the said provisions.
The letter which was recently written by the Additional Secretary, Ministry of Health And Family Welfare as well as the Mission Director, National Health Mission to the Principal Secretaries, Health in all states and UTs clarifies the stand of the government in the light of implementation of Supreme Court order in the matter of North Gujarat unit of association of self-employed owners (paramedical) of private pathology laboratories of Gujarat versus North Gujarat pathologists association regarding the signing of the Laboratory reports.
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